tendanc-e or during a session; and for thirty days after a ses- sion, the Governor of the Provisional Government, 'freu~- u,.rer and Postmaster-General, all officers of the Army an,l _Navy, Collectors and officers of the Revenue when communi- cating on subjects connected with public service; and they :!ll may recei_ve their newspapers by the public post free of post- age: prot•ided, that no letter or packet from any public officer !>hall be conveyed by post, free of postage, unless he shall frank the same, by writing his name and office on the outside of such letter or packet; and in case of officers of the Armv Navy, and collectors and officers of the Revenue, there shall be added the words, "On Public Service." SEO. 25. Be it further ordained and decreed, That if any person shall frauk letters, other than those written by himself or by his order, he shall, on conviction thereof, pay a fine of twenty dollars; and if any person shall counterfeit the frank or handwriting, or cause the same to be done in order to avoid the payment of postage, each person so offending shall, for every such offence, pay one hundred dollars: pro- vided, that every printer of newspapers may send one paper t•> each and every other printer of newspapers in Texas, and s.end and receive out of Texas, any number of papers not exceeding fifty, free of postage, under such regulations as. t.he Post- master-General may provide. SEC. 26. Be it further ordained and decreed, That if any postmaster or other person, who shall receive open or despatch mails, shall neglect to render accounts thereof for one month after the time, in the manner and form provided by law, and by the Postmaster-General's instructions, he shall forfeit and pay double the value of the postages which shall have arisen at the same office, in equal portion of time pre- vious or sub8equent thereto; or, in cnse no amount or account shall have been rendered at the time of trial of such case, then such sum as the court .and jury shall estimate equivalent thereto, to be sued for and recovered by the Postmaster-Gen- era I in an action on the case. SEC. 27. Be it further ordained and decreed, That all pecuniary penalties and forfeitures incurred under thi~ ordinance shall be, one half for the use of the person or
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